Iceland 4

We asked our Belgium host for suggestions on where to go next. She suggested several spots, and we stopped at most of them. The first was an outdoor collection of eggs from all different types of birds. They were made out of stone and were all about the same size – the purpose of the collection seemed to be to show the difference in shapes of eggs from different birds. For example, guillemots' eggs are pointy because they nest on cliffs and if the egg were to roll the shape would make it spin in a circle rather than roll straight off the ledge.

Moving on, we ended up at Petra's house, a collection of rocks gathered by an old lady over a span of approx. 80 years. A bit touristy, but still pretty interesting to see so many different rocks that someone chose to devote their entire life to collecting. After this we drove by a nice beach that I decided to drive the car along – this helped to make up for the lack of off-roading we'd done with our 4x4. After parking the car we walked the beach for a bit and then carried on. While driving along, we suddenly spotted a huge collection of icebergs floating in a lagoon. It was a beautiful sight and complimented by seals randomly popping their heads up and checking us out. It reminded me a lot of what I had enjoyed on several occasions over my past 3 months in the Arctic, and it brought me great joy to see Hussain & Chantal experiencing this awesome sight. That night we stayed at a hostel in the middle of nowhere...we were planning on buying some groceries or dinner at a restaurant that night, but quickly found out that neither of those were options. Luckily we had a random assortment of leftover veggies, rice & pasta sauce that we combined together in the hostel kitchen and were pleasantly surprised with how tasty it ended up being!

PICTURES TO COME WHEN I GET HOME FROM THE COTTAGE